Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady (Leipzig: Institut für Buchkunst, 2022) is a 72-page hard-cover graphic novel, and is an adaptation of Vernon Lee’s short story ‘Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady’, first published in volume 10 of The Yellow Book (July 1896). This short story was Lee’s only contribution to the magazine and utilizes gothic and decadent themes, such as possession, mythology, and the femme fatale in order to explore societal pressures, marginalization, and gender politics.
 
